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Frequently Asked Questions

Browse through this collection of Frequently Asked Questions that we have developed to make it easier to use the mail services available to the University of California San Francisco.

Incoming

1.	Can I order a Special Pick-up for an off-campus location?
2.	Can I send campus mail to other UC locations?
3.	How can I find a mailstop for a department or an individual?
4.	How come Mail Services picks up outgoing mail so early in the afternoon?
5.	How come we have to sign for certain items even though I am not the end recipient?
6.	How do I get a Box Number?
7.	What happens when I forget to include an address on my Campus Mail?
8.	What is a Box Number?
9.	Where are you located?
10.	Where can I place my outgoing and campus mail?
11.	Why do departments or mailstops have to do the forwarding/returning of mail instead of Mail Services?
12.	Why do we have a separate Zip Code 94143 instead of using the local zip codes?


13.	Why doesn't the post office delivery directly to the University/Med Ctr offices?

12. Why do we have a separate Zip Code 94143 instead of using the local zip codes? UCSF falls in the category of schools, hotels, prisons where the USPS delivers to one location for those activities. Due to the volume of mail UCSF receives, we were given a separate, unique zip code. This allows the USPS to capture all mail for 94143 at its central facility (PDC) on Evans St. USPS then delivers all 94143 mail it to UCSF Mail Services at 612 Forbes Blvd. in South San Francisco. This reduces multiple handling at different local Post Offices that would be required if local zip codes were used.

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